The open-wheeled Pro Modifieds will highlight a 10-race card when they make their return to Thunderhill Raceway's 3/8-mile asphalt oval in Kyle on Saturday night.

Michael Umscheid of Austin, who won the SportMod feature race two weeks ago at THR, enters the Pro Modified feature race with a 25-point lead in the point standings over Jason Mormon. Justin Long is five points behind in third, followed by Bob Slezinsky and Craig Roper. Only 57 points separate the top five drivers in the standings.

Saturday's race card, which also features the Texas Super Racing Series Late Models and Allison Legacys, along with the Texas Pro Sedans, Bandoleros, NasKarts, ASA A-Line Super Stocks, Thunder Stocks, Grand Stocks and Mini Stocks, begins at 4 p.m. with qualifying, followed by the feature races at 6.

On Friday night, THR officials will hold an open test and tune practice from 4 p.m. until 10 p.m. for all classes of cars.

With only six races left on the season schedule, Bobby Teer Jr. of Comfort holds a 195-point lead over Boerne's Robert Barker. Teer won the last TSRS Late Model race at THR two weeks ago and has been a dominant force in the series this season. Jeff ONeill is 12 points back in third, followed by J.T. Schild and rookie driver Austin Self.

In the competitive ASA A-Line Super Stocks class, Clint LaFont, who won the last race two weeks ago at THR, holds a slim 25-point lead over Mason Teague. Bobby LaFont, Clint's father, is ranked third and trails by 105 points. Brandon Leonard is 17 points back in fourth and Mickey McKim is fifth.

Gossage video series: Texas Motor Speedway president Eddie Gossage has announced that he has filmed a short series of “webisodes” to give fans a glimpse into what goes on around the track during the summer months.

The light-hearted video series called “How Eddie Gossage Spent his Summer” will air every Friday at 3 p.m. over the course of a nine-week period leading up to the AAA Texas 500 NASCAR triple-header weekend.

Gossage said each “webisode” topic will include beautification of the speedway, sponsor meetings and preparation for TMS events such as the SCION Drag-n-Brag and the Tony Stewart Smoke Show.

“We just wanted to have a little fun on the social networking side of things with this concept,” Gossage said. “It's all tongue-in-cheek about I spend the summer months at the speedway before we begin preparing for our AAA Texas 500 NASCAR triple-header weekend in November. We had a lot of fun putting these together and I hope people get a laugh or two out of each webisode.”

The weekly video series can be viewed on any of the following Texas Motor Speedway's social networking outlets:

Quarter mile bracket racing will be held in the Electronics, Footbrake and Junior Dragster classes. The action begins at 6 p.m. with time trials and the elimination rounds follow.

Mike Pearson enters the Electronics race with a one-point lead over Bob Gregory. David Bills is 62 points back in third, followed by Mike Burns and Mike Lopez. Only 93 points separate the top-five drivers in the rankings.

Racing will be held in the Stock, Economy, Super Stock, Super Gas, Two-Wheel Modified, Four-Wheel Modified, Blown and Quad classes. Gates open at 5 p.m., quads begin racing at 7:30 p.m. and the truck races are set for 8 p.m.

The track is located on Loop 1604 South and is about one and a half miles west of I-37. For more information, visit http://muddrags.com.

Motocross practice: Cycle Ranch, the motocross track south of Floresville, will hold a series of practice sessions this weekend for riders of all levels.

The track will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday and from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday. Camping will be available on Saturday. Junior rider sessions will be held at 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and at 3 p.m. for 30 minutes each session. For more information, visit www.cycleranchmx.com.

Mike Haag's motor sports notebook appears every Friday during the racing season. Email Mike at MTH1234@aol.com. For more information on area motor sports, visit Mike's blog on the sports page of MYSA.com.